Ba-Phalaborwa (LIM334)

Municipal Performance Review - 2021 Q4

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Key Financial Ratios

Description Norm Municipality Provincial Average National Average
Collection Ratio > 95% 150.3 84.1 53.0
Capital Expenditure to Total Expenditure 10-20% 11.1 29.2 12.5
Remuneration to Total Operating Expenditure 25-40% 32.3 37.1 31.1
Budget Implementation: Capital Expenditure 95-100% 83.0 99.8 80.3

Municipality achieved a collection ratio above the norm. This has a positive impact on liquidity and all efforts should be maintained to further improve liquidity and sustainability. The Capital Expenditure to Total Expenditure ratio is within the norm.
The Budget Implementation for Capital Expenditure is below the acceptable norm. This is an indication of possible inefficiencies in the budgeting process, capital project implementation and management and cash management.

Financial Performance

The municipality achieved an operating surplus (excluding Capital Transfers) which indicates that the municipality is less dependent on subsidies and grants in order to remain sustainable.

Description Planned Actual YTD Variance Variance %
Operating Revenue R605.3M R439.6M R-165.7M -27.4%
Operating Expenditure R589.5M R335.5M R-254.0M -43.1%
Net Surplus / Deficit R15.8M R104.0M R88.3M 560.0%
Capital Transfers R47.5M R35.9M R-11.6M -24.3%
Net Surplus / Deficit - After Capital Transfers R63.2M R140.0M R76.7M 121.3%

Capital Expenditure

The municipality implemented 83 % of the planned capital expenditure as at the end of the 4th Quarter. The Net Margin of 31.8% as well as the funding sources influenced the municipality’s ability to spend the planned capital.

The highest capital expenditure occurred in the 4th quarter and represents 56.4% of the total capital expenditure YTD.

Description Planned Actual YTD Variance Variance %
Capital Expenditure R50.2M R41.7M R-8.5M -17.0%

Source of Funding

National Government made the highest contribution to capital expenditure for the YTD and accounted for 94.3%

Cash Flow

Description Planned YTD Actual Variance Variance %
Cash Flow from Operating Activities R38.9M R252.4M R-213.5M 549.5%
Cash Flow from Investing Activities R0.0M R-45.2M R45.2M -Inf
Cash Flow from Financing Activities R0.0M R2.3M R-2.3M 227 434 200.0%
Net Cash Flow R38.9M R209.5M R-170.6M 439.1%

Debtors Ageing

The municipality has a total outstanding debtors balance of R1,882.6M with total bad debt written off of R0.0M and impairment of debt amounts to R0.0M.

Debtors Ageing by Customer Group

Description Current 30 Days 60 Days Over 90 Days Total Bad Debt Impairment
Organs of State R11.3M R3.6M R3.4M R236.6M R254.8M R0.0M R0.0M
Commercial R9.0M R2.5M R1.8M R58.0M R71.2M R0.0M R0.0M
Households R35.2M R26.1M R26.5M R1,468.7M R1,556.5M R0.0M R0.0M

Debtors Ageing by Income Source

Description Current 30 Days 60 Days Over 90 Days Total Bad Debt Impairment
Water R16.5M R13.8M R13.0M R796.1M R839.4M R0.0M R0.0M
Electricity R9.4M R3.7M R5.0M R65.9M R83.9M R0.0M R0.0M
Property Rates R23.5M R9.0M R8.4M R385.0M R425.8M R0.0M R0.0M
Waste Water Management R2.6M R2.3M R2.2M R139.2M R146.3M R0.0M R0.0M
Waste Management R2.1M R1.9M R1.8M R117.8M R123.5M R0.0M R0.0M
Other R1.4M R1.4M R1.4M R259.4M R263.6M R0.0M R0.0M

Creditors Ageing

The municipality has a total outstanding creditors balance of R6.1M with total outstanding more than 90 days of R5.7M(93.0%).

Description Current 30 Days 60 Days Over 90 Days Total
Trade Creditors R0.3M R0.0M R0.1M R5.7M R6.1M


Disclaimer: The analyis was caried out on the Quarter 4 Reports obtained from National Treasury and they are publically available. We do not provide any assurance on the accuracy of the data, reporting or analysis.